Sunan an-Nasai 4088 — Defending Wealth Taken Without Right

Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4088

This hadith about wealth sought without right makes the injustice in the situation explicit. The Prophet [SAW] is reported to have said that when someone’s property is targeted without right, and the owner fights to protect it and is killed, the owner is a martyr. The phrase “without right” is central because it identifies an unlawful attempt to take the wealth. The person who resists is therefore defending against wrongdoing. The report also contains a note that this chain or wording was judged mistaken and that another narration was considered correct. That note should not be ignored when presenting the text. Even so, the stated content closely matches the surrounding narrations about a person killed while defending property.